This report presents information on advances of the CIMMYT Maize Program (CMP) during 1982-83. The report includes the following sections: description of the CMP germplasm bank accessions; characteristics and evolution of ...

En las páginas que siguen, nuestro personal ha conjuntado una revisión de sus programas y actividades recientes. El informe se enfoca sobre el alcance y la lógica que apoyan las actividades del CIMMYT. Se dirige principalmente ...

Wheat production continued to expand faster than population growth, both world wide and in the developing countries. In the past decade, wheat production rose 50 per cent and population 30 per cent. World wheat production ...

The year 1979 was a good one for wheat production in many developing countries. India and Pakistan registered new records of 34.7 and just under 10.0 million tons, respectively. Turkey produced more than 16 million tons, ...

In accordance with its research mandate, CIMMYT devotes its resources to developing improved germplasm and making this material available throughout the world, primarily to crop improvement programs in developing countries. ...

The CIMMYT Wheat Program strives to increase the production of bread wheat, durum wheat, triticale, and barley in developing countries by helping to improve the productivity of the resources used by the millions of Third ...

World wheat production for the year ending in mid-1978 dropped to 382 million tonnes (metric tons) from the record mid-1977 level of 415 million tonnes (USDA World Agricultural Situation, 18 December 1978). Most of the ...

The 10th International Triticale Yield Nursery (ITYN) was sent in August and September 1978 to be grown by cooperators in their spring seasons of 1978-79. Nurseries went to 96 locations in 36 countries. The 25 advanced ...

The year 1979 was a good one for wheat production in many developing countries. India and Pakistan registered new records of 34.7 and just under 10.0 million tons, respectively. Turkey produced more than 16 million tons, ...

This report summarizes the results of the Eighth ITYN grown during the 1976-77 season. This yield nursery contained spring triticale lines which had demonstrated high yield and good adaptation in previous trials. Three ...